Les danses des morts (Kastner, Jean-Georges)

		Movements/Sections Essay and Music Composition Year 1852 Genre Categories Secular cantatas; Cantatas; For 7 voices, orchestra; For voices with orchestra; Scores featuring the voice; French language

Sheet Music

• Scores (6)

Scores

 Cover page and Preface
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 Essay - First Part
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 Essay - Second Part
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 Plates
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 La Danse Macabre Full Score
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 Synopsis - Additions and Corrections
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Publisher Info.:

Paris: Brandus et Cie., 1852

Copyright:

Public Domain [tag/del]

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General Information

Work Title	Les danses des morts
Alternative Title	Grande ronde

Composer	Kastner, Jean-Georges
Movements/Sections	Essay and Music
Year/Date of Composition	1852
First Publication	1852
Librettist	D'Edouard Thierry
Language	French
Dedication	A la Majesté Frédéric Guillaume IV, Roi de Prusse
Piece Style	Romantic
Instrumentation	Vocal Soloists and Orchestra (2 flutes (1 doubling piccolo), 2 oboes, 2 clarinets in C and A, 2 bassoons, 4 horns in A, E, G, C, and D, 2 soprano saxhorns in C, bass saxhorn in C, 2 trumpets in A grave C, and D, 3 trombones, timpani, percussion (triangle, cymbals, tam tam, bass drum), harp, strings, organ ad lib)

Misc. Comments

• Grove Music lists this as being a theoretical essay followed by a choral work, but the vocal parts look more like solo roles. There is only one line per movement, it doesn't have the normal division of multiple voices, and it is unlikely to be unison chorus.
• The movements, apart from the first one, are named after the role that is sung, and in all but L'Empereur, La Mort comes back to sing, but never with the other role.

1. La Mort (this movement does not have a separate name)
2. L'Empereur
3. L'Aïeule
4. Le Soldat
5. La Nonne
6. Le Riche
7. L'Enfant